Part 4, Chapters 1-5 Summary

In late winter of 1949, Ibrahim tells Ishmael that they can no longer stay in the caves and that they will go to Jericho. Ishmael was sent to find a site where they could hide their cache of arms. Taking Jamil with him, he looks for a place around the St. George monastery. They find a suitable crevice with another behind it. It took them four days to move the arms.

There were tent cities with refugees all around Jericho. They stayed at a newly-forming camp that was closer to where they had hidden their arms. They spent two weeks sleeping on the ground with little food or water until a supply convoy arrived from Damascus. Now they had some sleeping mats and tents. Most of the people in the camp were clans—the larger ones had more strength...